If you’re willing to get a jump on chili season before the hooded sweatshirts come out, you can save a mint due to the glut of local tomatoes. Just walk into any break room across this great land of ours and nab the bag of tomatoes labeled “TAKE…PLEASE!” Cut them up and dump them into a pot on top of browned meat of your choice and an onion. Add half a bag of dried beans you soaked overnight.

Congratulations, you’re eating for a week for no money and didn’t get carpal tunnel opening a dozen tin cans.